Ascanio di Mocha

Ascanio di Mocha (12 May 747-) was a merchant of the Republic of Venice who attempted to establish a trading post in Yemen before being expelled in 782.

Biography
Ascanio di Mocha was born on 12 May 747 to a Catholic family of Italians in the Republic of Venice, and he travelled to Yemen in an attempt to set up a trading post in Ta'izz. However, Sheikh Talib of Taizz decided to expel him on 11 October 782 because of his intrusion into East African affairs with his white merchants.